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minus-squareOccamsTeapot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIs your position that US support for Israel is the same as for the Saudis?
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoOf course not In Yemen they were practically throwing the bombs themselves
minus-squareOccamsTeapot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago Of course not And this is one major reason the level of outrage and protest is different.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSo your position is that they didn’t protest Yemen because it was worse?
minus-squareOccamsTeapot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoNo? That makes no sense. It’s that the US is Israel’s main supporter, overall, in a way they are not to Saudi Arabia. Should people have protested about Yemen? Yes! Is it weird that Israel has more attention in the US? No
Is your position that US support for Israel is the same as for the Saudis?
Of course not
In Yemen they were practically throwing the bombs themselves
And this is one major reason the level of outrage and protest is different.
So your position is that they didn’t protest Yemen because it was worse?
No? That makes no sense.
It’s that the US is Israel’s main supporter, overall, in a way they are not to Saudi Arabia. Should people have protested about Yemen? Yes! Is it weird that Israel has more attention in the US? No